On Heroes, Hero-worship & Heroic History
by Thomas Carlyle
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- Good
- Condition
- Good
- Seller
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Newark on Trent, Nottinghamshire, United Kingdom
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About This Item
J.M.Dent & Sons Ltd.; 1904. Fifth edition. The Temple Classics edited by Israel Gollancz M.A. Full calf skin, olive green with gilt decoration to front. Back board has marks. Spine is faded with gilt lettering. Corners bumped and rubbed. Top and bottom of spine thinned and small parts missing fron top and bottom. Book plate to FFEP. Front hinge loose to top. Some foxing to front and rear first and last few pages. Picture portrait of Oliver Cromwell with protective tissue leaf. Book forward facing.
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- Bookseller
- Book Attic (GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 0104030
- Title
- On Heroes, Hero-worship & Heroic History
- Author
- Thomas Carlyle
- Format/Binding
- Calf skin
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- Fifth Edition
- Publisher
- J.M.Dent & Sons
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1904
- Pages
- 302 pp.
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Bookseller catalogs
- Vintage Books Pre-1975; Thomas Carlyle;
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- Spine
- The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....
- Plate
- Full page illustration or photograph. Plates are printed separately from the text of the book, and bound in at production. I.e.,...
- Calf
- Calf or calf hide is a common form of leather binding. Calf binding is naturally a light brown but there are ways to treat the...
- Gilt
- The decorative application of gold or gold coloring to a portion of a book on the spine, edges of the text block, or an inlay in...
- Hinge
- The portion of the book closest to the spine that allows the book to be opened and closed.
- FFEP
- A common abbreviation for Front Free End Paper. Generally, it is the first page of a book and is part of a single sheet that...